May Nutrition Post- Hydration

The Earth is covered in it (about 72%), 2/3 of your body is filled with it, and on hot summer days we can’t get enough of it- its water!

Water helps in more ways than quenching your thirst, water:

Helps keep our body temperature normal

Lubricates joints

Removes waste through perspiration, urination, bowel movement

Protects delicate tissues such as the spinal cord

It’s no surprise our body is constantly losing water. If you have headaches, that may be a sign of dehydration. Hopefully you never get to that point. It’s important to continuously drink water. Another cool fact is that you can eat fruits to help rehydrate! Fruits like watermelon, tomatoes, and celery have a high amount of water.

Water helps:

Maintain a healthy weight

A great substitute to sugary beverages

Hydrates and improves brain function

Increases energy, prevents muscle weakness

Replaces fluids when we’re sick

Improves digestion

And helps with healthy skin

There are three types of water we can learn about when drinking it…

There’s:

Bottled Water: If there are no special methods of filtration, it might be tap water you are paying extra money for.

Make a habit of checking the ingredients in not just the water you buy, but any product. You’ll realize the sugary drinks you buy contain a lot more than just sugar, and the water you pay $6 might just be a $1 quality in fancier bottle.

So grab a cup or a bottle and fill it up with some H2o – your body NEEDS it. The more, the better, just look at those benefits!